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World's first baby born from 3-parent technique: report

The woman, whose identity was withheld by New Scientist, and her husband sought the help of John Zhang, a doctor from the New Hope Fertility Center in New York City to have a baby that would be genetically related to them but would not carry the inherited disease.

World’s first baby born from 3-parent technique: report More Miami (AFP) – The world’s first baby has been born using a controversial new technique by US scientists to include DNA from three parents in the embryo, said a report. The baby boy was born five months ago in Mexico to Jordanian parents, and is healthy and doing well, said the report in New Scientist magazine, described as an “exclusive.” The boy’s mother carried genes for a disorder known as Leigh Syndrome, a fatal nervous system disorder whic